Hardcore Training Begins Now!
"So that was Son Goku..." Kenichi said in awe.
"Yes, that was Gohan's fool of a father Kakarot." Vegeta said looking happier than he'd been in years.
"Why do you call him Kakarot?" Miu said curiously.
"Because that's his real name. 'Goku' is his name on this planet due to hitting his head as a child and being renamed by Gohan's namesake." Vegeta replied.
"So like Kakarot said.. you have been teaching Gohan some techniques?"
"Perhaps.. but wouldn't it be better if you introduced yourself to my granddaughter and Ken-chan?" Hayato replied with a raised eyebrow
"Until I see how strong they are they are not worthy enough to know my name." Vegeta replied, making the masters and Hayato angry.
"Sorry, father but they can't do that. I kind of told them to only use their strength when their fighting me or the masters, have to save someone or in a life-threatening situation." Gohan said with a smile.
"Hmm... good call." Vegeta admitted.
"So you two trained for seven long years together.. is that why Gohan-kun refers to you as his father?" Kenichi said as he sensed that the masters were still angered by Vegeta's words.
"Hah! It was only by the fifth year that he called me father, however, that was due to my son Trunks training with us as well." Vegeta said as he looked at Trunks with pride.
"Seven long years with Gohan-kun..." Miu said in amazement.
"We only went all out on the seventh year." Gohan said with a smirk. "Father here was having trouble keeping up with me for five years!"
"Wait.. then that means that Trunks and Goten have more strength than their showing?!" Kenichi said in surprise.
"Yep. And their only going to get stronger as they get older." Gohan confirmed.
"So what are you going to do to prepare for the tournament?" Vegeta said to Gohan.
"You mean what are we going to do." Gohan replied.
"I stand corrected, what are we going to do?"
"Teach us how to get to the next level, teach us how to get to the next level!" Trunks and Goten pleaded.
'Next level?' Kenichi and the masters thought.
"Hmm..." Gohan said with a sideways glance at Vegeta who gave a small almost imperceptible nod.
"What do they mean by next level Gohan-kun?" Shigure said.
"The form that I used to beat Cell in... they too want to reach that level." Gohan replied. "However..."
"There's nothing to worry about. Mum made dad a new gravity chamber after we busted the last one. It's strong enough to withstand Super Saiyan 2!" Trunks said.
"But you two are stronger than I was at that age, you could destroy it with the power that Super Saiyan 2 requires. In that regard you two are prodigies."
"That's why we can handle it!" Trunks said as he looked at his father and the teen that he had come to see as his surrogate older brother.
"Very well.. did you bring the capsule holding the machine?" Gohan said as he turned to Vegeta.
"As a matter of fact, I did." Vegeta said as he tossed Gohan the capsule that he had taken from his inner pocket.
"Wait those are Hoi-Poi Capsules!" Miu said in surprise as she saw the capsule itself. "Property of the Brief Corporation!"
"Indeed, Trunks's mother is the daughter of the CEO of the company, the man standing before you is her husband." Gohan replied as he weighed the capsule in his hand.
"Your wife is Bulma Briefs!?" Kenichi said in shock.
"Yeah, my mom's the greatest scientist after my granddad!" Trunks said as he rubbed his nose.
"So what's the level that this machine can go?" Gohan said.
"Unlimited..." Trunks replied.
"Hmmm, unlimited you say..." Gohan said as he looked at Vegeta.
"Indeed... would you like to christen it? We have not had a spa for over a year now."
"Sure... why not?" Gohan replied.
Walking in the direction of the dojo's onsen. Gohan called to Kenichi.
"Kenichi-san. This will be your first private lesson from me so I want you to watch carefully."
'Private lesson?'
"Miu-san... my mum said she was going to teach you and Shigure-san a few techniques from her father's clan." Gohan said as Kenichi began to follow Gohan and Vegeta deeper into the backyard of the Ryōzanpaku Dojo.
"I didn't know that Gohan-kun's mother was going to be training me." Miu said in surprise as she watched Goten and Trunks follow Gohan and Vegeta.
"You'll get training from Gohan-kun afterwards." Akisame said as he looked suspiciously at the retreating back of Vegeta. "He's probably teaching Kenichi-kun better moves to withstand our training and to better protect you with his own strength."
"Here should be far enough from prying eyes to see.." Gohan said as he pressed the top of the capsule and threw it into the clearing.
"Why did you do that f..." Kenichi began before the smoke that had emerged from the capsule disappeared and before his stunned eyes lay Bulma's latest gravity machine.
"What is that?!"
"Your newest sensei." Gohan said as he and Vegeta alongside Goten and Trunks began to enter the machine. "Come along now Kenichi you do want to get strong enough to protect Miu right?"
"Hai!"
"Just to let you know... all you'll be doing tonight is keeping your eyes on us while we spa. In battles as long as you can track your opponent it will be hard for them to attack you without you noticing. And as all of us here minus you are extremely confident in our speed it will take you a while but just remember how I taught you and Miu-san to sense Ki? Use that to follow our battle speed as much as you can." Gohan said as he closed the door behind them.
"Hai!"
"So... Yomi students are now at our school and have already said that they will destroy us." Miu said as the others could barely glimpse the Gravity Chamber that Gohan had placed in the forest.
"That would explain why Gohan-kun's previous student is here... he sensed it but came here instead due to Goten-kun's ki being here." Hayato said as he stroked his beard.
"I hope that they don't damage Kenichi-kun too much..." Miu said in concern.
"He will survive, Gohan will not put Kenichi in a situation that he will not be able to handle." Akisame said. "He is not as hard on Kenichi as we are."
"You're wrong... Gohan-kun is worse than us but he lets Kenichi-kun rest more." Shigure said as she shook her head.
"Your both wrong... Gohan-kun barely trains Kenichi and me. In fact, he only taught us two moves. How to sense Ki and that true strength comes from experience and will." Miu said as she looked up at the sky.
"Miu..." Hayato said as he looked at his granddaughter.
"Gohan-kun believes in Kenichi-kun. Shigure-san believes in Gohan-kun. I believe in their strength as a team." Miu said as she looked at the masters with a big smile on her face.
"Then let's just wait for them to return." Akisame said as his and the other master's eyes began to glow with their passion.
"FOR THEIR REAL TRAINING HAS YET TO BEGIN!"
Shivering in the energy barrier that Gohan had told him to put up around himself, which Gohan than reinforced. Kenichi watched Gohan and Vegeta power up to Super Saiyan.
"Now just to make sure... you two really want to become ascended Saiyans?" Gohan said as he looked at the two youngsters. "It wasn't easy for me to become one and it was only slightly easier for Trunks's dad to become one because he is a full-blooded Saiyan. And he had seen me ascend."
"Yeah! We want to become as strong as you guys!" Goten said firmly.
"No, you must want to become stronger than us!" Vegeta ordered. "Gohan and I won't always be around. One day we will die and the only Saiyans that will be left will be you two. You need to be stronger than us because this planet has a bad habit of getting itself into trouble more times than I would like."
"Vegeta is right. You need to become stronger than us to be able to keep up with future threats because there is always someone stronger than you faster more experienced and willing to hurt the ones you love for the control of the planet or to just to destroy it entirely." Gohan replied.
"Remember, you two are the best of both worlds, the pride of the Saiyans and the hope of humanity. Don't ever forget that!" Gohan and Vegeta said as they both powered up to their maximum in their Super Saiyan form.
"Yes!" Goten and Trunks said as they too powered up.
"You ok over there Kenichi-san?" Gohan said as he looked at the boy in the other end of the chamber.
"Yeah I.. I'm okay. Just had a bad feeling about the masters!" Kenichi said from within his energy barrier.
"Oh, that's to be expected, their probably going to be even harder on you after this. Don't worry though I've got an idea that'll make it all worth it."
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"You'll just have to trust me on this one!" Gohan said as he and Vegeta flew at Goten and Trunks and began to lay into them.
"Remember your training! You're not trying to see me or Goten but the light within us that our bodies gives off." Gohan said again as Goten and Trunks were keeping up with him and Vegeta.
"Hai!"
'He has enough training to last in here for about two hours before he has to worry about his barrier. He should have observed enough from us by then to avoid any wayward blasts.' Gohan thought as he had to keep evading Goten's attacks.
'He hasn't changed, still training others while he is in a battle.' Vegeta thought as a sudden jab from Trunks forced him to block.
'So fast and strong!' Kenichi thought as even blocking Vegeta was forced back quite a distance by his son's attack.
'Alright... let's kick this up a notch!' Gohan thought as he vanished and kicked Goten across the chamber.
"No fair!" Goten said as he powered up and began raining blows down on a laughing Gohan.
"Who said I was playing fair little brother? If you truly want to get stronger I can't baby you, and you are still holding back."
"I'll stop holding back when you do!" Goten yelled as he powered up a Ki blast.
"Ho?"
"Masenko... hah!" Goten yelled as he fired the blast at his older brother.
Putting up a hand, Gohan caught the blast and crushed it in his grip.
"What? No way!" Goten said as he looked at his brother in shock.
"Like I said, your still not using everything I taught you." Gohan said as he flew at his brother once again.
"I'll.. I'll show you!" Goten yelled as he began to power up again.
"That's it, little brother! I'll keep pushing you until you tap into your true energy just like I had to..."
"Goten is not the only one your fighting!" Trunks said as he blasted Gohan from the side.
"Let's show these guys what we can really do Goten!" Trunks said as he and Goten powered up to their very max making Gohan and Vegeta smile with pride.
Using the Afterimage Technique repeatedly, Goten and Trunks began to pressure Gohan and Vegeta.
"Just a little more!" Gohan said as he too vanished with the boys and Vegeta.
"We can do it!" Goten and Trunks yelled as the room began to shake from the power that the four Saiyans were emitting.
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Catching the two boys as they began to fall from the strain of transforming. Gohan and Vegeta smiled.
"You two did well... welcome to the Super Saiyan 2 club!"
"Yay! We're finally... Goten began before he passed out in his brother's arms. Trunks following seconds later.
Glancing at Vegeta, Gohan smiled.
"They are true prodigies... Kenichi, how much of our training was you able to observe?"
"Not much... only a bit of the beginning." Kenichi replied as he deactivated his barrier, sounding amazed.
"Well done, your coming along just fine." Gohan said with a smile as he passed Goten to the disciple.
"Take Goten and Trunks back to the dojo. Me and father have unfinished business."
"Hai?" Kenichi said as Vegeta also passed him his son.
Making his way to the entrance with the boys in his arms, Kenichi glanced back at the two warriors.
'They are beyond anything on this Earth...' Kenichi thought as he observed Gohan taking on a stance he had never seen before from the hybrid warrior.
'It only took them two years to properly tap into the power of the ascended Saiyan.' Gohan thought as Vegeta set the gravity levels to five hundred times that of Earth's.
Turning Super Saiyan Two, Vegeta flew at Gohan.
'Still, like to have the preemptive strike huh father?!' Gohan thought as he caught the first blow that Vegeta tried to land as he also powered up to the ascended form.
'You were always so evasive!' Vegeta replied as they conversed within their heads.
'Comes with the territory!' Gohan thought as he and Vegeta began fighting at speeds that the human eye couldn't hope to follow.
"I've got a surprise for you father!" Gohan said as he knocked Vegeta away with a Kiai.
"Oh, and what would that... Vegeta began before he saw Gohan began to emit more Ki than before.
"What!?" Vegeta exclaimed as he watched Gohan power up further than he thought possible.
"HAAAAAAAA!"
'Looks like he's managed to access it as well!' Vegeta thought as he picked himself off the ground. 'Good thing I had Bulma create Ki absorbers for the ship. He would be wrecking the planet otherwise!'
After ten minutes of screaming Gohan finally calmed down and smiled.
"This is the form that dad showed me how to access inside of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It may be inferior to a Super Saiyan and have way more flaws... Gohan said with slightly heavy breathing. "But with the techniques that I have learned at this place. I can better sustain it than my father could." Gohan said as he powered up his Super Saiyan form with King Kai's Kaioken technique.
"And there was me thinking that you were going to show me something useful like the Super Saiyan Three form." Vegeta smirked.
"Nah I'm saving that for..." Gohan began before he stopped.
"You know about Super Saiyan Three?!" Gohan exclaimed as he powered down in surprise.
"You really think I would sit around while you and Kakarot got stronger? I thought you knew me better than that."
"Let me guess... you probably sensed it after using the Medicine tank?" Gohan replied with a raised eyebrow.
"One of the best things our race have ever had the chance of using... And now that Bulma has replicated the machine we have a back-up for if something should happen to the Senzu Beans or Dende."
"We got lucky that we had the resources required to make them and even they took a lot longer to make especially since we were creating the Gravity Chamber with energy absorbing capabilities. Were it not for the fact that Dr Briefs is one of the wealthiest men on the planet and that he and Bulma are together the smartest people on this planet when it comes to otherworldly technology, then we wouldn't have stood a chance." Gohan replied.
"But you are forgetting that your the one that came up with the idea, well at least for the Medicine chambers. That was a good idea on your part." Vegeta admitted.
"Was that a compliment?" Gohan said sounding amazed as he took up Goku's fighting stance from when Vegeta first fought him and went Super Saiyan.
"Throws you off your game when I drop them in randomly.." Vegeta smirked as he too went Super Saiyan and took up the stance that he had on that fateful day.
"Hahh!" The two warriors screamed as they clashed against one another.